Gestures Bud Vases

by Jim Schatz with J Schatz Studio

Expansive and grounded, Plateau vessels echo the broad planes of the earth. Their forms hold stillness and presence, anchoring space with quiet strength. Each is a study in horizontality — balancing surface and depth in a way that feels both elemental and timeless. Hand-built in white stoneware with a textured surface; watertight; one of a kind. Part of the ongoing Organica series.

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A cast porcelain bud vase from Gestures, shown in Radical Presence. The gourd form is glazed white and carries a single photographic figure across its belly, printed in a fine halftone dot that sits under the glaze in deep oxblood. Each of the three vases holds a different pose, so no two carry the same image. Narrow neck, sized for a single stem.

by Peter Souza Jr.

A one-of-a-kind stoneware vessel by Peter Souza Jr., its cylinder wrapped in an irregular lattice of applied clay strips that cross and overlap, breaking the rim in short uneven prongs. A glossy green glaze pools dark in the seams and thins over the raised work; the raw clay is left bare at the foot.

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by Peter Souza Jr.

A one-of-a-kind stoneware vessel by Peter Souza Jr., its cylinder built over with applied clay strips — straight and wavering lines that cross, ladder, and rise past the rim in uneven prongs. A green glaze mottled with bronze and brown pools in the seams and breaks amber along every edge of the raised work.

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by Peter Souza Jr.

A one-of-a-kind stoneware vessel by Peter Souza Jr., its cylinder wrapped in horizontal bands of applied clay that overlap and taper as they circle the form, like binding pulled tight around it. A glaze of pale green and soft blue moves between the bands, pooling turquoise in the recesses and warming to yellow-green over the raised work.

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by Jim Schatz with J Schatz Studio

A pure cylindrical form finished in layered hand-glazed washes. The surface shifts between softness and saturation, with rustic tones that suggest mineral deposits, weather, and time. Each vessel is unique, with subtle variation in color, movement, and mark. Studio-cast and finished by hand. Watertight.

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by Jim Schatz

A set of textured stoneware bud vases in a white glaze, each finished by hand and unique in form. The dimensional surface holds the light across the white, giving quiet sculptural weight to a single stem or a small grouping. Watertight and made for use — each vase stands alone or gathers with the others.

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